Department of Defense says it is pursuing a nuclear bomb 24 times more powerful than one of the bombs dropped on Japan in World War II.

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Pentagon wants a nuclear bomb 24 times more powerful than one used in Japan

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Department of Defense says it is pursuing a nuclear bomb 24 times more powerful than one of the bombs dropped on Japan in World War II.

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